Our Premiere

Our big day has been set ...

on Monday, May 7th at 9:30pm Central on DIY Network

Kyle and I will be the stars of Bath Crashers - Rustic Renovation with a Modern Twist. 

Tune in, set your DVR's, tell your friends! 

It'll be interesting to see which moments they choose to put together the 30 minute episode.  Fingers crossed that little Paisley makes the cut and that the camera doesn't really add 10 pounds.

Winter Wonderdog

Leap Day, 2012 ... Our first (and probably last) snow storm in Minneapolis during the current winter season.  We got between 8-10 inches in our neighborhood - enough to delay our work day. 

The locals have been split ... some are happy that we've had a warm winter, less long commutes, fewer hours spent shoveling/snow blowing, easier to get around - others have been seriously bummed by the lack of cold and snow, short ice fishing season, little to no chances for snow mobiling, and countless cancelled winter festivals.  Kyle and I have been somewhere in the middle - really glad the roads have been good (especially since I have a 25 mile commute in my Camry) but we had a trip planned up north for me to try snow mobiling for the first time that we had to cancel.  Either way, not complaining.

There is one person in our family who has really been missing the snow.  Well, since she's so good at enjoying the little things, she hasn't really pined for it (distracted by extra walks and ice cubes from the freezer) but boy did our little Paisley embrace last week's snow storm.  Judging by the pictures we captured, she was definitely on cloud nine.

If it makes our baby this happy ... we'll deal with snow storms all season long.  :)

Country "Shin"dig

Kyle and I joined our good friends Jim and Rebekah for a concert in St. Paul this past Friday.  Country stars Luke Bryan and Jason Aldean rocked the stage. 

Here I am smiling and having a blast, just before things took a turn toward the end of the show ...



 Some big drunk dude two rows above us was apparently enjoying himself too much, stumbled and fell forward, knocking me and Jim over (along with some other innocent bystanders.)  My shins took the brunt of the hit on the top edge of the chairs in front of us, and my hair took the brunt of the beer that spilled on the way down.  Just outstanding.

After the tears (me) and yelling (Kyle) ... I now have a good story and a couple shins in a lovely shade of purple.

Thanks to Jim and Rebekah for an awesome time at the show and playing Euchre with us into the wee hours of the morning at their place afterwards.  And thanks to the drunk loser that knocked me over for reminding me that I should spend the extra money for floor seats.